XESTES

( ξέστης ), a Greek measure of capacity, both fluid and solid, which contained 12 cyathi or 2 cotylae, and was equal to ⅙ of the cho us, 1 / 48 of the Roman amphora or quadrantal, and 1 / 72 of the Greek amphora or metretes; or, viewing it as a dry measure, it was half the choenix and 1 / 96 of the medimnus. It contained ·9911 of a pint English. At this point the Roman and Attic systems of measures coincide; for there is no doubt that the Attic xestes was identical with the Roman sextarius. z ZĂCŎRI. [ Aeditui . ]